"Standing just steps from the Stonewall National Monument flagpole, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on Feb. 15 announced plans to introduce legislation that would ensure the Rainbow Flag permanently flies at the historic site. "The Trump administration's removal of the Pride Rainbow Flag from the Stonewall National Monument is a deeply outrageous action that must be reversed," Schumer, flanked by several out elected officials and LGBTQ community leaders, said during the Sunday afternoon press conference. "It's an eff-ing disgrace. It's just awful.""
"Schumer's legislation, which is being introduced in the House of Representatives by New York Congressmember Dan Goldman, comes less than a week after Gay City News first reported that the Trump administration quietly removed the Rainbow Flag from the Stonewall National Monument. The flag's removal was followed by days of community-wide outrage before activists and elected officials defied the White House and re-raised the flag on Feb. 12. The flag remains on the flagpole."
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer announced legislation to designate the Pride Flag as a congressionally authorized flag, preventing its removal and allowing it to be flown permanently at Stonewall and elsewhere. The measure will be introduced in the House by New York Congressmember Dan Goldman. The Trump administration quietly removed the Rainbow Flag from the Stonewall National Monument, prompting days of community outrage. Activists and elected officials re-raised the flag on Feb. 12, and the flag remains on the flagpole. Schumer called the removal a deeply outrageous action and "an eff-ing disgrace," and criticized the Department of Interior for labeling the re-raising a "political stunt."
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